Vizada Receives Top Industry Award from Inmarsat for Greatest Overall Revenue Growth for 2009

Inmarsat Aeronautical, Leasing and Maritime Services Spur Revenues
BERLIN--(Business Wire)--
Vizada, the leading independent provider of global satellite communications
solutions, has received the award for the highest revenue growth of all Inmarsat
mobile satellite distribution partners, with an increase of nine percent year
over year since September 2008. This was primarily driven by an increase in
demand for mobile satellite services among government aeronautical and
commercial maritime customers. Vizada received the award at the Inmarsat Global
Partner Conference 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

Revenues generated by Inmarsat aeronautical services for Vizada increased nearly
50 percent from September 2008.

"Vizada has consistently outperformed the market since it began supplying mobile
satellite services to the aeronautical market more than twenty years ago, and
today we are the leading provider of Inmarsat aeronautical services in the
world," said Bob Baker, President and COO, Vizada Americas. "In addition to
Inmarsat`s high quality aeronautical service portfolio, customers rely heavily
on Vizada`s industry-best customer care and technical support."

Vizada also registered a strong performance for the sale of mobile satellite
services to the commercial shipping sector, with revenues increasing nine
percent year over year. This comes amid a widely reported global financial
crisis, with many businesses linked to the maritime transport sector
experiencing a negative impact on sales.

"The supply of reliable voice and data communications services on board ship is
at the core of our activity, and we are delighted with these results despite the
current unfavorable economic conditions," said Erik Ceuppens, CEO, Vizada EMEA.
"One of the key drivers of this increase is the indirect sales strategy that we
have maintained for a number of years - relying on our service providers`
hands-on presence and expertise to sell to shipping companies in local markets
worldwide."

In April 2009 Vizada renewed its partnership with Inmarsat for the distribution
of Inmarsat services over a five year period. These include "existing & evolved
services" (Fleet, GAN, Swift,), new generation IP-based broadband services
including BGAN, FleetBroadband and SwiftBroadband, as well as leased services.
The new agreement ensures a continuation of the long-standing relationship that
Vizada and Inmarsat have shared as partners for over three decades. Vizada adds
to these Inmarsat services its own range of Vizada Solutions, which add business
value to service providers and greater communications capability to end users.

Vizada

Vizada is the leading independent provider of global satellite communications,
with more than $700 million in 2008 revenue, and more market share on more
satellite networks than any other satellite communications provider in the
world. Vizada customers include commercial, military and business aircraft,
merchant shipping vessels, emergency response teams, government and military
units, news gathering organizations, and Fortune 500 companies. Vizada offers
fixed and mobile communications services using multiple satellite network
operators, including, Eutelsat, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, Loral, New Skies,
SES Americom and Thuraya. Gateway access to these networks is made possible
through the Vizada Global Teleport Network - five state-of-the-art facilities
strategically positioned around the world. Vizada also provides Vizada
Solutions, leading edge technologies for IP & networking, messaging, business
tools, prepaid solutions, fixed2mobile services and secure communications.
Vizada has regional centers of operation located in Washington D.C., United
States for the Americas and Paris, France for Europe, Middle East, Africa &
Asia.

www.vizada.com

Vizada
Annie Hurley, +33 1 48 15 73 04 (EMEAA)
Corporate Press Officer
annie.hurley@vizada.com
Catherine Melquist, +1-301-838-7762 (Americas)
Marketing Director
catherine.melquist@vizada.com

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